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The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.

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Aristotle, Stephen Everson (1996). “Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens”, p.160, Cambridge University Press
The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.